10:55 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

Randy Barnett, who has overseen Monroe's Pecanland Mall since 2001, is leaving to take over Stonebriar Centre in Frisco, Texas.

Written by

Greg Hilburn
Louisiana Gannett

Randy Barnett, who has led the region's largest retail center at Pecanland Mall in Monroe for more than 12 years, is leaving to take over Stonebriar Centre Mall in Frisco, Texas, considered one of the hottest markets in the country.

Both Pecanland Mall and Stonebriar are owned by Chicago-based General Growth Properties.

"It's bittersweet to leave my hometown," said Barnett, 52, a West Monroe native. "But this is a tremendous opportunity that at this stage of my career I couldn't pass up." ...